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CVE-2015-20067: WP Attachment Export < 0.2.4 - Unauthenticated Posts Download

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Attachment Export WordPress plugin before 0.2.4 does not have proper access controls, allowing unauthenticated users to download the XML data that holds all the details of attachments/posts on a Wordpress

Affected products

• WP Attachment Export: before 0.2.4 — fixed in 0.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Attachment Export 0.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/espreto/wpsploit/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_attachment_export_file_download.rb
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/73
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1a9ed65-baf3-4c85-b077-1f37d8c7793a
• https://github.com/espreto/wpsploit/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_attachment_export_file_download.rb
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/73
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1a9ed65-baf3-4c85-b077-1f37d8c7793a

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